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Dr. Akagi 
Directed by Shohei Imamura Produced by Hiso Ino
Koji MatsudaWritten by Ango Sakaguchi (novel Doctor Liver)
Shohei Imamura
Daisuke TenganStarring Akira Emoto
Kumiko Aso
Juro Kara
Masanori Sera
Jacques Gamblin
Keiko Matsuzaka
Misa Shimizu
Yukiya Kitamura
Masato Yamada
Tomorowo Taguchi
Masatô IbuMusic by Yosuke Yamashita Cinematography Shigeru Komatsubara Editing by Hajime Okayasu Distributed by Imamura Productions, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd., Toei Co. Ltd., Tohokashinsha Film Company Ltd., Kino International (USA) Release date(s) October 17, 1998 (Japan); January 15, 1999 (USA) Running time 129 min. (Japan) Country Japan Language Japanese Dr. Akagi, known in Japan as Kanzō-sensei (カンゾー先生, literally "Dr. Liver"), is a 1998 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura.
Plot
The film concerns Dr. Akagi, a doctor on an island in the Seto Inland Sea area during World War II. He runs into conflict with the military while trying to combat a hepatitis epidemic. Akagi earns the nickname "Dr. Liver" (カンゾー先生 Kanzō-sensei) because of his work.
See also
External links
- Kanzo sensei at the Internet Movie Database
- Free to Roam (film review) at chicagoreader.com.
Films directed by Shōhei Imamura Stolen Desire (1958) · Nishi Ginza Station (1958) · Endless Desire (1958) · My Second Brother (1959) · Pigs and Battleships (1961) · The Insect Woman (1963) · Unholy Desire (1964) · The Pornographers (1966) · A Man Vanishes (1967) · The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) · History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970) · Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute (1975) · Vengeance Is Mine (1979) · Eijanaika (1981) · The Ballad of Narayama (1983) · Zegen (1987) · Black Rain (1989) · The Eel (1998) · Dr. Akagi (1998) · Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) · 11'9"01 September 11 (2002)
Categories:- Japanese films
- Japanese-language films
- Films directed by Shohei Imamura
- 1998 films
- Toei Company films
- 1990s Japanese film stubs
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